ICC rejects PCB's demand to remove match referee; will they pull out?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has formally turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) petition to regenerate match referee Andy Pycroft during the ongoing Asia Cup. TimesofIndia.com had reported connected Monday nighttime that a ceremonial connection successful this respect was being drafted and it landed connected Tuesday morning.The controversy started erstwhile PCB expressed displeasure implicit Pycroft's engagement successful a pre-match incident. They claimed helium instructed Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha to debar handshakes with India skipper Suryakumar Yadav during the toss.

However, the ICC has cleared the aerial done an authoritative letter. They explained, arsenic reported by TimesofIndia.com, that it was really the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) officials connected the crushed who informed Pycroft astir the no-handshake argumentation astatine the toss.

This revelation counters Pakistan's earlier content that Pycroft was acting nether Indian influence.

India had chosen not to shingle hands with their Pakistani counterparts aft the lucifer concluded successful a 7-wicket triumph for the Men successful Blue. After hitting the winning runs, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube walked backmost to the dugout and celebrated the triumph with teammates. Pakistan squad and manager Mike Hesson tried to shingle hands with their arch-rivals but were met with a closed dressing country door.

In the aftermath, PCB questioned the behaviour of Pycroft and filed an authoritative ailment with the ICC. Current ACC main and PCB president Mohsin Naqvi had confirmed the determination to record an entreaty with the planetary cricket body.In the letter, PCB said, “It is alarming to enactment that an ICC-appointed and supposedly neutral lucifer referee opted to indulge successful conduct, which intelligibly violates the Spirit of Cricket and MCC Laws.“The lucifer referee failed to discharge his responsibility: to guarantee that respect was extended and maintained amongst the captains arsenic good arsenic betwixt the 2 competing sides; and to make a affirmative ambiance by his behaviour and promote the captains and participating teams to bash likewise.“In fact, the Match Referee’s instructions to the 2 squad captains were wholly directed towards achieving the other result. This misconduct violates Article 2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Match Officials, which specifically makes it an offence for the Match Referee to behaviour himself successful a manner, which is contrary to the tone of crippled and violates the MCC Laws.“Given the gravity, governmental nature/background, and far-reaching consequences and repercussions, the misconduct has besides caused disrepute to the game.